Today’s the birthday of French composer Claude Debussy, 1862 – 1918. One of his best-loved pieces is this, “Clair de Lune.” Its title comes from a poem by Paul Verlaine, written in 1869.
The last verse of the poem reads (translated from the French):
With the sad and beautiful moonlight,
Which sets the birds in the trees dreaming,
And makes the fountains sob with ecstasy,
The tall slim water streams among the marble statues.
Tonight would surely be a great night to go outside and look at the moon.
